Hiram buckingham



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BED. No. 256,970. Patented Apr.25.1882

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Witnesses:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HIRAM BUCKINGHAM, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,970, dated April 25, 1882.

Y Application filed February 23, 1882. (X model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM BUCKINGHAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Beds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device made of cast or wrought metal for the purpose of con- IO necting woven-wire-mattress bed-frames to the metallic head and foot standards made, and I think patented, by the Composite Iron Works Company, of New York city.

The object of my invention is to substitute i5 woven-wire fabric for the commonly used slat bottoms, and to form a convenient and substantial connection between the mattress-f'rameand the metallic standards, so as to be easily put together or taken apart.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section, showing the hooked-shaped device H H as it is attached to the mattress-frame F and its connection with the cross-bars c c of the standards S S. Fig. 2 is a bottom view, showing the shape 2 and general appearance of the device H H when attached to the frame F F. Fig. 3 is a side view, showing the device H detached from the standard cross-bar and the shape of the slot or notch designed to fit tightly over the 3o cross-bars of the standards.

Corresponding letters refer to corresponding parts in the three figures.

S S are the head and foot standards made by the Composite Iron WVorks Company, of New York city, to which I make no claim. 5

H H is the device supporting and connecting the mattress-frame with the standards S S. The device H H is secured to the mattressframe F by the same'bolts that secure the end rails to the side rails. This simple device H 40 H is an improvement, in that it enables a person to separate or take down the bed by simply raising the mattress-frame, or to set the bed up by placing the device attached to each corner of the frame onto the cross-bars of the 5 standards, all of which is the work of but a moment. The device has an oblong notch or slot made to fit snugly over the crossbars of the standards, holding the same firmly, thereby makingaconvenient, substantial, and cheap 5o bed for public institutions.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, isl The metallic device H H, constructed with a notch or slot, N, to fit on the cross-bars of standards S S, combined with the bed-frame F F and secured to the same by bolts 13 B, as described, and for the purposes set forth.

HIRAM. BUGKINGHAM. Witnesses:

. JosEPH DAWSON,

HENRY S. HOUSE. 

